…escaping to new adventures at curtain up…
Saturday 21st April 2018 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️ Written by Steve Trafford and devised by Annie Castledine, Steve Trafford and Elizabeth Mansfield, Hymn to Love - Homage to Piaf is a ninety minute tribute to the talent of Edith Piaf - a woman considered small in stature but never in character or voice. It’s... Continue Reading →
Saturday 14th April 2018 at Hampstead Theatre, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ After opening at The Chichester Festival and now playing at Hampstead Theatre, this production of Caroline, or Change will soon find its third home when it transfers to the Playhouse Theatre in November. It takes approximately five minutes to see why this production is set to... Continue Reading →
Following the success of their debut show Flood (review here), Paper Creatures Theatre are back! Show number two for the company founded by Jon Tozzi and Nathan Coenen sees them explore the topical and vital subject of mental health from an angle more authentic and hard-hitting than might usually be found on our stages. Through the... Continue Reading →
Friday 13th April 2018 at the Carriageworks Theatre, Leeds. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Tmesis Theatre’s Happy Hour has plenty going for it; fearless and dynamic use of physical theatre and subject matter that is both relevant and prevalent in modern society. The workers on Level 3 are puppeteered by God-like voices (Rob Bond and Mary Pearson) coming through... Continue Reading →
Wednesday 11th April 2018 at West Yorkshire Playhouse. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Timberlake Wertenbaker’s Our Country’s Good is based on The Playmaker by Thomas Keneally which is a classic approach to the play-within-a-play trend. It’s the unusual and fascinating subject matter which gives this play its pull; taking audiences back in time to settings untraveled by law abiding... Continue Reading →
Wednesday 11th April 2018 at Harrogate Theatre. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A Spoonful of Sherman celebrates the wonderful works of the Sherman brothers and features a generous display of their work; with 31 songs in Act 1 and 24 in Act 2 - some within medleys and some complete - there’s no short changing to be found here.... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 10th April 2018 at the Grand Theatre and Opera House Leeds. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Flavia Cacace and Vincent Simone light up the stage in Tango Moderno like two gorgeously inextinguishable flames on a mission to enlighten the masses in the beauty of ‘the dance of love’. Joined by a fantastic cast of dancers, the pair celebrate... Continue Reading →
Saturday 7th April 2018 at West Yorkshire Playhouse. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ We’re currently seeing a much-needed increase in the amount of coverage of the LGBTQ+ community, but little of the coverage offers opportunities for members of that community to be heard in their own words. Jamie Fletcher’s Dancing Bear offers a platform to members of that community,... Continue Reading →
Saturday 7th April 2018 at the Palace Theatre, Manchester. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ There’s little to say about Boublil and Schönberg’s Miss Saigon that hasn’t already been said; the consensus has always declared it a supreme theatrical triumph and that is entirely evident in this revival currently touring the UK. What struck me most about this production is... Continue Reading →
